The world’s first statue dedicated to a landmine-detecting rat!  🐀👏   Magawa, who lived to eight years old, sniffed out over 100 landmines and other explosives in Cambodia during his five-year career that started in 2016.   In 2020, he was awarded the PDSA Gold Medal – known as the George Cross for animals – for his “life-saving devotion to duty”.   A statue of the rodent carved from local stone by artists was unveiled in Siem Reap, Cambodia, in time for the International Day for Mine Awareness.   Tap the link in BBCNews’s bio to find out more about how landmines remain an ongoing risk to Cambodia.    (📷 Carola Frentzen/dpa/Associated Press, AFP, PA)   #Cambodia #BBCNews